and other Modes of Gestation. 44Y 



propelled. When from fulness of blood the circulation 

 is obstructed, the whole system labours under a feelinc: of 

 hurry and agitation, with that sensibility to sudden un- 

 pressions which is usually termed nervousness. The mind 

 becomes incapable of any deliberate consideration, and is 

 ini])ressed wiifi horrors that have no foundation but in a 

 disteinpered imaginaliou. 



It is in moderate degrees of this species of affection that 

 the advantages of carriage exercise are most sensibly felt/ 

 The composed serenity of mind that succeeds to the pre- 

 vious alaru), is described by some persons with a degree 

 of satisfaction that evinces the decided influence of the 

 remedy. With this steadier tone of mind, returns its full 

 power of cool reflection ; and if the imagination becomes 

 more alive than usual, its activity is now employed in con- 

 ceiving scenes that are amusing and agreeable. 



As an instance of direct relief to a circulation labouring 

 from mere fulness of blood, I may adduce that of a person, 

 whose friends, as well as himself, were apprehensive, from 

 the violent and visible throbbing of his heart, of the ex- 

 istence of some organic mischief, and were in some mea- 

 sure alarmed for the consequences. 



He was persuaded, and not reluctantly, to go without 

 delay for medical advice, and was accordingly conveyed 

 in a carriage to the house of some physician of eminence^, 

 but did not succeed in fniding him at home. As the sym- 

 ])toms did not appear lo admit of delay, and were at least not 

 aggravated by the motion, it was hoped that the wished- for 

 advice might be obtained at a part of the town which hap- 

 pened to be at some distance. But the second attempt 

 proved as fruitless as the former, and a third was made 

 with the same event. Since the throbbing had by that 

 time considerably abated, he was contented to postpone 

 any further efforts to the following day, and directed the 

 carriage homewards. By the time that he returned to his 

 friends, he found that ilie motion of travelling over several 

 miles of pavement bad apparently removed the complaint. 

 Tlie pulsation of the heart and arteries had subsided to their 

 natural standard, aiul he congratulated himself, that his 

 search of a remedy had not been ineffectual, although he 

 had been disappointed as to the source from which he 

 thought he had most reason to expect relief. 



If vigour can in any instance be directly given, a man 

 may certainlv be said to receive it in the most direct mode, 

 when the important service of impelling forward the eir- 

 onlation of his blood is performed for him by external 



means. 



